Punk and New Wave thread.

Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Someone on Facebook posted a picture of SLF last year, and I said it wasn't SLF as Jake isn't on the picture. 5 other folk replied that he was!
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I saw them at Rebellion a couple of years ago and didn't recognise him at all until he spoke and that's despite seeing them live 20 or 30 times, it was the complete lack of hair that threw me more though.
He has mental health issues and I think like a lot of us struggled with lockdown and never really got his weight/health back to where it was so I just hope he's doing OK. They still play a phenomenal gig though.
 
danielwood5 said:
I saw them at Rebellion a couple of years ago and didn't recognise him at all until he spoke and that's despite seeing them live 20 or 30 times, it was the complete lack of hair that threw me more though.
He has mental health issues and I think like a lot of us struggled with lockdown and never really got his weight/health back to where it was so I just hope he's doing OK. They still play a phenomenal gig though.
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They play a home gig every August in Custom House Sq. In Belfast and still put on a great show. And the crowd is getting bigger every year recently.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Bigger individually or bigger crowd numbers ;)

Or both lol
Love SLF my first gig July 1980 Coventry Locarno
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Seen them twice in last 2 years having not previously seen them since late 80s. I think they're still as good now, if not better. Probably the best original punk band still touring.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
I had zero interest in seeing them without Lydon.
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Yeah. That guy is decent enough and thankfully doesn’t try to go into being a tribute act, but it’s just not the same. A few years back the Dead Kennedys played literally less than a mile down the street from me. I love all their albums, but without Jello Biafra, what’s the point?
 
roman totale said:
Yeah. That guy is decent enough and thankfully doesn’t try to go into being a tribute act, but it’s just not the same. A few years back the Dead Kennedys played literally less than a mile down the street from me. I love all their albums, but without Jello Biafra, what’s the point?
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I agree - yet at the same time The Stranglers never got the same kind of criticism the Pistols are getting and how many vocalists have they had since Hugh Cornwall left?
A mate of mine, now living in Adelaide, Oz, went to see them last week and said they were brilliant with a large crowd - and only JJB remains!

I don't see any flack that Steve Diggle is receiving for carrying on Buzzcocks without Pete Shelley.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I agree - yet at the same time The Stranglers never got the same kind of criticism the Pistols are getting and how many vocalists have they had since Hugh Cornwall left?
A mate of mine, now living in Adelaide, Oz, went to see them last week and said they were brilliant with a large crowd - and only JJB remains!

I don't see any flack that Steve Diggle is receiving for carrying on Buzzcocks without Pete Shelley.
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Same with a lot of the old bands doing tours again, The Undertones without Feargal Sharkey and From the Jam without Weller, What you need to understand is you'll never get the old days back, But the music lives on forever because of the old vinyl's recordings, Go to the Gigs with an open mind and listen, Don't go thinking its 1977 that never going to happen
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I agree - yet at the same time The Stranglers never got the same kind of criticism the Pistols are getting and how many vocalists have they had since Hugh Cornwall left?
A mate of mine, now living in Adelaide, Oz, went to see them last week and said they were brilliant with a large crowd - and only JJB remains!

I don't see any flack that Steve Diggle is receiving for carrying on Buzzcocks without Pete Shelley.
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I get what you're saying, but I guess the difference is that both The Stranglers and Buzzcocks didn't break up when Cornwell and Shelley 'left', so there was that continuity. The Pistols reforming without the main protagonist feels different
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I agree - yet at the same time The Stranglers never got the same kind of criticism the Pistols are getting and how many vocalists have they had since Hugh Cornwall left?
A mate of mine, now living in Adelaide, Oz, went to see them last week and said they were brilliant with a large crowd - and only JJB remains!

I don't see any flack that Steve Diggle is receiving for carrying on Buzzcocks without Pete Shelley.
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I think the difference is that so much of who the Pistols and DK were was tied up in the attitude and persona of the lead singer. Undertones, Buzzcocks, Stranglers were much more of band, a collective, if that makes sense.
 
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